Youngest players to win Candidates tournament

D Gukesh, the 17-year-old Grandmaster from India, became the youngest winner of the FIDE Candidates tournament in Toronto

Here is the list of youngest Candidates winners over the years 

D Gukesh: 17 years, 10 months, 24 days - 2024

Gary Kasparov: 20 years, 11 months, 27 days - 1983/84

Magnus Carlsen: 22 years, 2 months, 4 days - 2013

Peter Leko: 22 years, 10 months, 13 days - 2002

Mikhail Tal: 22 years, 11 months, 20 days- 1959

Anatoly Karpov: 23 years, 5 months, 30 days - 1974 

Viswanathan Anand: 25 years, 3 months, 11 days - 1994/95 

Fabiano Caruana: 25 years, 7 months, 28 days - 2018